The genetic landscape and clinical spectrum of nephronophthisis and related ciliopathies
Authors: Friederike Petzold, Katy Billot, Xiaoyi Chen, Charline Henry, Emilie Filhol, Yoann Martin, Marina Avramescu, Maxime Douillet, Vincent Morinière, Pauline Krug, Cécile Jeanpierre, Kalman Tory, Olivia Boyer, Anita Burgun, Aude Servais, Remi Salomon, Alexandre Benmerah, Laurence Heidet, Nicolas Garcelon, Corinne Antignac, Mohamad Zaidan, Sophie Saunier, Tania Attié-Bitach, Valerie Comier-Daire, Jean-Michel Rozet, Yaacov Frishberg, Brigitte Llanas, Michel Broyer, Nabil Mohsin, Marie-Alice Macher, Nicole Philip, Véronique Baudouin, Damian Brackman, Chantal Loirat, Marina Charbit, Maud Dehennault, Claude Guyot, Pierre Bataille, Mariet Elting, Georges Deschenes, Andrea Gropman, Geneviève Guest, Marie-France Gagnadoux, Philippe Nicoud, Pierre Cochat, Bruno Ranchin, Albert Bensman, Anne-Marie Guerrot, Bertrand Knebelmann, Ilmay Bilge, Danièle Bruno, Stéphane Burtey, Caroline Rousset Rouvière, Valérie Caudwell, Denis Morin, Hélène Dollfus, Anne Maisin, Christian Hamel, Eric Bieth, Sophie Gie, Judith Goodship, Gwenaelle Roussey, Hermine La Selve, Hubert Nivet, Lucie Bessenay, Mathilde Caillez, Jean Bernard Palcoux, Stéphane Benoît, Philippe Dubot, Marc Fila, Fabienne Giuliano, Daouya Iftene, Michele Kessler, Theresa Kwon, Anine Lahoche, Audrey Laurent, Anne-Laure Leclerc, David Milford, Thomas Neuhaus, Sylvie Odent, Philippe Eckart, Dominique Chauveau, Patrick Niaudet, Horacio Repetto, Sophie Taque, Alexandra Bruel, Alexandra Noel-Botte, Emma Allain Launay, Lisa Allard, Dany Anlicheau, Anne-Laure Adra, Arnaud Garnier, Arvind Nagra, Remy Baatard, Justine Bacchetta, Banu Sadikoglu, Christine Barnerias, Anne Barthelemy, Lina Basel, Nader Bassilios, Hedi Ben Maiz, Fatma Ben Moussa, Faïza Benmati, Romain Berthaud, Aurélia Bertholet, Dominique Blanchier, Jean Jacques Boffa, Karim Bouchireb, Ihab Bouhabel, Zakaria Boukerroucha, Guylhène Bourdat-Michel, Odile Boute, Karine Brochard, Roseline Caumes, Siham Chafai Elalaoui, Bernard Chamontin, Marie Caroline Chastang, Christine Pietrement, Christine Richer, Christophe Legendre, Karin Dahan, Fabienne Dalla-Vale, Damien Thibaudin, Maxime Dauvergne, Salandre Davourie, Martin Debeukelaer, Jean Daniel Delbet, Constantinos Deltas, Denis Graber, Nadège Devillars, Boucar Diouf, Martine Doco Fenzy, Jean-Luc André, Dominique Joly, Alan Fryer, Laetitia Albano, Elisabeth Cassuto, Aline Pincon, Ana Medeira, Annabelle Chaussenot, Anne Mensire-Marinier, Francois Bouissou, Stephane Decramer, Armand Bottani, Aurélie Hummel, Alexandre Karras, Avi Katz, Christine Azema, Bénédicte Janbon, Bernard Roussel, Claude Bonniol, Christiophe Mariat, Gérard Champion, Deborah Chantreuil, Nicolas Chassaing, Christiane Mousson, Christine Baudeau, Delphine Hafdar Cuntz, Cyril Mignot, Laurene Dehoux, Didier Lacombe, Thierry Hannedouche, Elodie Mérieau, Emmanuelle Charlin, Eric Gauthier, Florent Plasse, Stanislas Faguer, Fanny Lebas, Florence Demurger, Francesco Emma, François Cartault, Geneviève Dumont, Nathalie Godefroid, Vincent Guigonis, Sophie Hillaire, Jaap Groothoff, Jan Dudley, Noémie Jourde-Chiche, Khalil El Karoui, Saoussen Krid, Krier Coudert, Larbi Bencheick, Laurent Yver, Marie-Pierre Lavocat, Le Monies De Sagazan, Valerie Leroy, Lise Thibaudin, Liz Ingulli, Lorraine Gwanmesia, Lydie Burglen, Marie-Hélène Saïd-Menthon, Marta Carrera, Mathilde Nizon, Catherine Melander, Michel Foulard, Monique Blayo, Jacques Prinseau, Nadine Jay, Nathalie Brun, Nicolas Camille, François Nobili, Olivier Devuyst, Ouafa Ben Brahim, Paloma Parvex, Laurence Perrin Sabourin, Philippe Blanc, Philippe Vanhille, Pierre Galichon, Sophie Pierrepont, Vincent Planquois, Gwenaelle Poussard, Claire Pouteil Noble, Radia Allal, Raphaelle Bernard, Raynaud Mounet, Rémi Cahen, Renaud Touraine, Claire Rigothier, Amélie Ryckewaert, Mathieu Sacquepee, Salima El Chehadeh, Charlotte Samaille, Shuman Haq, Ari Simckes, Stéphanie Lanoiselée, Stephanie Tellier, Jean-François Subra, Sylvie Cloarec, Julie Tenenbam, Thomas Lamy, Valérie Drouin Garraud, Huguette Valette, Vanina Meyssonnier, Rosa Vargas-Poussou, Yves Snajer, Sandrine Durault, Emmanuelle Plaisier, Etienne Berard, Fadi Fakhouri, Ferielle Louillet, Paul Finielz, Michel Fischbach, Bernard Foliguet, Hélène Francois-Pradier, Florentine Garaix, Marion Gerard, Gianfranco Rizzoni, Brigitte Gilbert, Denis Glotz, Astrid Godron Dubrasquet, Jean-Pierre Grünfeld, Guillaume Bollee, Michelle Hall, Sverker Hansson, Damien Haye, Hélène Taffin, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Maryvonne Hourmand, Hümya Kayserili, Ivan Tack, Marie Line Jacquemont, Jennifer Fabre-Teste, Cliff Kashtan, Kkoen Van Hoeck, Alexandre Klein, Yannick Knefati, Nine Knoers, Martin Konrad, Alain Lachaux, Isabelle Landru, Gilbert Landthaler, Philippe Lang, Patrick Le Pogamp, Tristan Legris, Catherine Didailler, Thierry Lobbedez, Loïc de Parscau, Lucile Pinson, Hervé Maheut, Marc Duval-Arnould, Marlène Rio, Marie-Claire Gubler, Pierre Merville, Guillaume Mestrallet, Maite Meunier, Karine Moreau, Jérôme Harambat, Graeme Morgan, Georges Mourad, Niksic Stuber, Odile Boespflug-Tanguy, Olivier Dunand, Olivier Niel, Nacera Ouali, Paolo Malvezzi, Pauline Abou Jaoude, Solenne Pelletier, Julie Peltier, M.B. Petersen, Philippe Michel, Philippe Rémy, Jean-Baptiste Philit, Valérie Pichault, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Bernard Boudailliez, Bruno Leheup, Claire Dossier, Djamal-Dine Djeddi, Yves Berland, Bruno Hurault de Ligny, Susan Rigden, Christophe Robino, Annick Rossi, Sabine Sarnacki, Messaoud Saidani, Albane Brodin Sartorius, Elise Schäfer, Sztriha Laszlo, Marie-Christine Thouret, Angélique Thuillier-Lecouf, Howard Trachtman, Claire Trivin, Michel Tsimaratos, Rita Van Damme-Lombaerts, Marjolaine Willems, Michel Youssef, Ariane Zaloszyc, Alexis Zawodnik, Marie-Julia Ziliotis
Journal: Kidney International (2023)

Nephronophthisis (NPH) is an autosomal-recessive ciliopathy representing one of the most frequent causes of kidney failure in childhood characterized by a broad clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Applied to one of the worldwide largest cohorts of patients with NPH, genetic analysis encompassing targeted and whole exome sequencing identified disease-causing variants in 600 patients from 496 families with a detection rate of 71%. Of 788 pathogenic variants, 40 known ciliopathy genes were identified. However, the majority of patients (53%) bore biallelic pathogenic variants in NPHP1. NPH-causing gene alterations affected all ciliary modules defined by structural and/or functional subdomains. Seventy six percent of these patients had progressed to kidney failure, of which 18% had an infantile form (under five years) and harbored variants affecting the Inversin compartment or intraflagellar transport complex A. Forty eight percent of patients showed a juvenile (5-15 years) and 34% a late-onset disease (over 15 years), the latter mostly carrying variants belonging to the Transition Zone module. Furthermore, while more than 85% of patients with an infantile form presented with extra-kidney manifestations, it only concerned half of juvenile and late onset cases. Eye involvement represented a predominant feature, followed by cerebellar hypoplasia and other brain abnormalities, liver and skeletal defects. The phenotypic variability were in a large part associated with mutation types, genes and corresponding ciliary modules with hypomorphic variants in ciliary genes playing a role in early steps of ciliogenesis associated with juvenile-to-late onset NPH forms. Thus, our data confirm a considerable proportion of late-onset NPH suggesting an underdiagnosis in adult chronic kidney disease.